IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

SYLLABUS

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design does not specify any particular IICD entrance exam syllabus. However, IICD entrance exam question paper, portfolio submission and the personal interview round will aim at testing the following skills of aspirants:

Portfolio – It is advisable to bring a few samples of your creative work for display during the interview, to allow others to understand your capabilities. It could be anything that you have done by yourself. Sketching, painting, embroidery, photography, worked with material, or have written anything creative, narrative etc.

IICD Examination: Recommended Books

1. Design Drawing by Francis DK Ching

2. Rendering in Pen and Ink by Robert Gill 

3. Perspective Drawing Handbook by Joseph D’Amelio

4. Art perception by David Cycleback

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

EXAM PATTERN

The IICD exam will have three mandatory parts:

1. Part A  - General Awareness, Creativity & Perception Tes

2. Part B - Material, Color & Conceptual Test

3. Part C - Personal Interview

PART A: A question paper will be emailed to the registered candidates along with the Admit Card. The candidates will be required to answer the questions in Word file/ PDF file and submit the same along with the Portfolio as per the schedule given.

PART B: The portfolio should be a compilation of the candidate’s own creative work. Sketching, painting, embroidery, photography, models, explorations with materials, creative writing, etc. may be included in the portfolio. The criteria for evaluation will be: creative ability and skills, observations and perceptions, synthesis and visual interpretation, interest areas, etc. Specifications with regard to the portfolio submission will be conveyed through the email along with the Question Paper.

PART C: The personal interview will be conducted online. The schedule for the same will be intimated through the email. The interview panel will evaluate the individual personality along with the following attributes in the prospective candidates:

1. Aptitude to crafts

2. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

3. Communication Ability

4. General Awareness about Crafts & Design

5. Overall Personal Achievements in academics and co-curricular activities.

Mode Of Examination

IICD Entrance Exam will be conducted in offline mode.

Medium Of Examination

The exam paper for IICD Examination will be in English language only.

FAST FACT

1. Acronym - IICD

2. Conduting Body/Administrator - Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD)

3. Exam Purpose - For Admission in PG level design courses

4. Exam Mode - Offline mode

5. Exam Stages - IICD Examination is divided into Part - A, Part - B  &  Part - C

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates willing to apply for IICD Examination are required to fulfil certain conditions to be eligible for it. The candidate who does not satisfy the Eligibility criteria like Age, Minimum educational qualification etc., their candidature shall be rejected by the authorities. The candidate’s eligibility for IICD Examination is based on the fulfilment of the following conditions:-

1. Nationality

2. IICD: Age Limit

3. IICD: Educational Qualifications

Nationality

Indian/Foreign/OCI /PIO card holders candidates are eligible to apply.

Age Limit

There is no age limit prescribed format to apply in IICD Entrance Exam.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

The eligibility criteria for admission to various PG degree programmes in Craft & Design at IICD are as following:

Important Notes:-

1. Selected candidates who are Design/Architecture graduates are directly admitted to 2years M.Des. programmes in the specialization of their preference after clearing the entrance test procedures.

2. Selected candidates who are graduates from any discipline other than Design/ Architecture, are eligible for M.Voc. after completion of 1 Year PG foundation offered at IICD, which means M.Voc. will be 3 years for non-design background graduates.

Reservation Of Seats

The reservation policy is as per the UGC norms. Reservation percentages of different categories for admission in IICD are as follows: 27% for OBC, 15% for ST and 7.5% for SC and 3% for PH candidates. In case of insufficient applications from the reserved categories, the seats will be opened to the General category.

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

IMPORTANT DATES

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

SELECTION PROCESS

Students will be shortlisted based on their performance in IICD entrance exam which consists of three parts - Part A, Part B and Part C. Shortlisted candidates will report to Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD), Jaipur, along with their admit card of IICD on the specified date mentioned against their enrollment number in the merit list. All selected candidates will be informed about their selection through an admission letter, which will be mailed to their registered email ID. The admission letter contains the following information:

1. Details regarding payment of fees

2. Allotment of Hostel and date

3. Time and venue of the academic session

???????TIPS & TRICKS

Few tips for the aspirants which could boost the confidence and built the chances for IICD entrance are as follows:

1. IICD exam is everything about assessing the art inside. The creativity of inside beside evaluating the thinking potential towards craft development.

2. Daily updates can help to cultivate potential and also will help to develop a good level of general knowledge and the awareness on the contemporary issues, which is based through the newspaper editorials.

3. Staying calm with rising waves of ideas will help the candidate during the Perception Test, and also to the other rounds of the selection process. This will help the Part-B and for the interview.

4. The inclination towards the crafts and design, its learning and exploring new applications which are required to score better in the examination.

5. IICD targets to the evolution for the creativity of every craftsman and the artisans and the respective courses are designed to shape the world of these creative men.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

FAQ RELATED TO GENERAL QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

IMPORTANT DATES

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Selected candidates who are Design/Architecture graduates are directly admitted to 2 years M.Des. programs in the specialization of their preference after clearing the entrance test procedures.

2. Selected candidates who are graduates from any discipline other than Design/ Architecture, are eligible for M.Voc. after completion of 1 Year PG foundation offered at IICD, which means M.Voc. will be 3 years for non-design background graduates.

EXAM PATTERN

1. The entrance exam consists of 2 Paper.

2. First paper is based on General Awareness, Creativity and Perception Test while the second paper is based on Material, Color and Conceptual Ability Test.

3. IICD Entrance Exam 2025 will be conducted in online mode .

4. The entrance test is designed to check the creativity and observation ability of candidate.

5. All the questions do not carry same marks. Marks of each question are mentioned along with the question.

6. There is no negative marking in IICD Entrance Exam.

SYLLABUS

General Awareness, Creativity & Perception Test

This test is designed to evaluate the abilities and interests in students, such as estimation of sizes and proportion, observation, synthesis and visual interpretation and general awareness.

Material, Color & Conceptual Test

IICD PG EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE

Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) has announced the IICD PG EXAM 2025 entrance exam. IICD PG exam will be conducted on 25 January 2025 and the date of declaration of exam result has been fixed as 21 February 2025. New sessions will start from July 2025. 

OVERVIEW

The Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) conducts the IICD entrance exam which candidates are provided admission to UG and PG design courses offered by the institute under the aegis of Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU). The IICD exam scores will be considered for admission to the 4-year B.Des, 2-year M.Des, and 3-year M.Voc programs offered by the institute.

IMPORTANT DATES

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Selected candidates who are Design/Architecture graduates are directly admitted to 2 years M.Des. programs in the specialization of their preference after clearing the entrance test procedures.

2. Selected candidates who are graduates from any discipline other than Design/ Architecture, are eligible for M.Voc. after completion of 1 Year PG foundation offered at IICD, which means M.Voc. will be 3 years for non-design background graduates.

EXAM PATTERN

1. The entrance exam consists of 2 Paper.

2. First paper is based on General Awareness, Creativity and Perception Test while the second paper is based on Material, Color and Conceptual Ability Test.

3. IICD Entrance Exam 2025 will be conducted in online mode .

4. The entrance test is designed to check the creativity and observation ability of candidate.

5. All the questions do not carry same marks. Marks of each question are mentioned along with the question.

6. There is no negative marking in IICD Entrance Exam.

SYLLABUS

General Awareness, Creativity & Perception Test

This test is designed to evaluate the abilities and interests in students, such as estimation of sizes and proportion, observation, synthesis and visual interpretation and general awareness.

Material, Color & Conceptual Test

This test will assess the following abilities:

1. Intelligent use of materials, conceptualize and realize a 3 dimensional form, skill of handling material.

2. To observe, think and expand ideas, create solution based on a plan and strategy.

3. Ability to provide multiple solutions to the given problem with written description.

MOD OF SELECTION

1. The candidate has to opt for the specialisation while filling up the personal and other details in the online registration form, prior to entrance test.

2. The selection of the students for the specialisation will be on the basis of his/ her performance in the foundation semesters and the aptitude shown. The decision will be taken by a committee duly constituted by IICD.

HOW CAN APPLY

Step 1: Firstly go to the official website of the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design. 

Step 2: On the homepage, candidates will find the option of applying for admission to the current session.  

Step 3: Register yourself as a new user by entering the required details.

Step 4: Then, verify the registered email address.

Step 5: Fill all the personal information as required in the application form. It will include your name, date of birth, gender, address and others.

Step 6: Proceed to enter the academic details that are further asked in the application form. Candidates are required to enter all valid details to avoid cancellation. 

Step 7: Then upload the scanned copies of the photograph, signature, and other documents as prescribed by the institution. 

Step 8: Candidates must also select their preference of exam centre and specialisation while filling out the form. 

Step 9: Double-check the details entered before submitting the application form. 

Step 10: The application fee is the final step of the application process. The payment can be made through an online payment mode like a debit card, a credit card, or net banking.

Step 11: It is advised to take a printout of the receipt and application form for future reference.

APPLICATION FEES

The fee structure is given below:

EXAM CENTERS

The IICD Entrance Test will be conducted at Sixteen(16) Locations all over India, as mentioned below:

ADMIT CARD

Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to download admit card for the IICD exam :

Step 1- Visit the official website

Step 2- Click on ‘Admissions’. A new page will open.

Step 3- Click on the ‘Log In’ link. Enter your ID and Password.

Step 4- Your Admit card will be produced and displayed on your computer screen. Save it on your system.

Step 5- Take a printout of the admit card and preserve it for future reference.

RESULT

Steps to Download IICD Entrance Exam Result:

Step 1: Visit the official website

Step 2: Click the 'Result' link present on the website.

Step 3: Enter application form number.

Step 4: Click the 'View Result' button.

IMPORTANT LINKS

For Official Website: Click here

For Admission Prospectus 2025: Click Here